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Winter, 2011-2012

Some of the NAQG Members Represented at The Quilling Guild’s
Annual Display of Work (clockwise from top left): Dilly Aspland’s

Accreditation Work; Philippa Reid’s It’s a Shore Thing, First in the
Quilling Plus Section; Elaine Altemose’s Accreditation Work; Licia

Politis’ A Day at the Races, First in the Masters Section

(above and below): Cathy Liddy, Floral Tribute

(below): Susan Mara

(top): Quilling Echoing Photograph; (middle): Quilling Embellishing
Photograph; (bottom): Quilling Complementing Photograph.

All three by Philippa Reid.

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Board of Directors Table of Contents

Accreditation Committee.......... Sherry Rodehaver Board Report 4
2625 E Turkeyfoot Lk Road In Memoriam 4
Uniontown, OH 44685 Combining Quilling With Photography and 5
330-699-2500 Digital Graphics
Quilling and Photography: An Extra 6
[email protected] Dimension
Archive Committee ................... Donna Del Giudice Memorial Tribute to Mary-Alice Kattwinkel 7
Hints & Tips 8
11 Orchard St Flowers of the Floral Tribute 9
Verona, NJ 07044
973-857-3999 NAQGCON 2012 10
[email protected]
Community Relationship and Development Committee NAQG Competition Guidelines 14
................................................... Danielle Pray Victory for Quilling! 18
859-485-6790 New Members 20
[email protected] Have You Used the Mini Mold? 20
Membership Committee........... Rita Anderson News From the United Kingdom 22
2422 Torrington Drive Historical Quilling 23
Toms River, NJ 08755 Tips, Tricks, Techniques and Trees 24
732-886-0867 Quilling and Able 25
[email protected] The Art of Quilling Takes Center Stage for
NAQG Conference Committee.. Gail Freed the UAE’s National Day 26
6401 Navajo Road Notes From the Archivist
Westminster, CA Meet Reports 27
92683-2041 Botanical Quilling 28
714-892-9622 30
[email protected]
Newsletter Committee.............. Caroline Mach Submission Deadlines
PO Box 95
Mansfield, ON L0N 1M0 Each issue of Quill America will attempt to have a
705-435-4479 theme for the designs relating to upcoming holidays
[email protected] and events. Of course, we welcome all quilling
Treasury Committee ................. Laura Olohan related items by email to [email protected] or
26 Evergreen Ave by postal mail to Caroline Mach, PO Box 95,
Springfield, NJ 07081 Mansfield, ON L0N 1M0.
973-564-9755
[email protected] Members are reminded that all photos submitted for
Website and Internet Development Committee
................................................... Antonella DeFalco publication in Quill America must be of a member’s
531 Brian Dean Drive original work. The NAQG does not accept any
Glen Gardner, NJ 08826 responsibility for the originality of work presented in
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Board Report

Board Meeting of the NAQG – a raffle.
Wednesday, December 7th –
7:30 pm (Eastern) Danielle Pray, Community Caroline Mach, Newsletter

Director Attendees: Sherry Relations & Development Committee, Caroline was not
Rodehaver – Accreditation; Committee, Danielle was not able able to attend due to a previous
Donna Del Giudice – Archival;
Rita Anderson – Membership to attend – no report. commitment. Caroline requested

Donna Del Giudice opened the that all Board Directors have
meeting at 7:30 pm (Eastern).
Donna stepped in for Laura Rita Anderson, Membership their reports to her by December
Olohan who could not make the
meeting due to computer issues. Committee, Rita will be 15th. The Newsletter Committee

discussing some PayPal has been collecting articles for

problems with Laura. As of the winter issue; they are using
12/7/11 there were 239 the QuillAmerica Yahoo Group to

renewals and 73 new members. gather all articles for review. Gail

In the 3rd quarter, there were 90 will be looking through and

renewals and 23 new members. editing all articles.

Sherry Rodehaver, Accreditation Gail Freed, NAQGCON Laura Olohan, Treasury

Committee, All applicants for Committee, Gail was not able to Committee, Laura was not able

Accreditation 2012 have applied attend this meeting due to work to attend due to computer issues
and are in the process of being commitment. Plans are – a report will follow. Sherry

processed. The deadline for underway for the event. Gail has asked if Laura could keep a

applications was November 30, been working with Kay; they are separate record for Accreditation

2011. The applicants have until getting the conference forms funds so we can be sure that the

February 28th to send their ready and Donna will be working program is kept self-sustaining.

projects to the Accreditation on tourist information.

Officer. Antonella DeFalco, Website
Donna Del Giudice, Archival Gail did report that since there is Committee, Antonella was not

Committee, Donna discussed the no "official host", some things will able to attend – no report.

possibility keeping the be handled by others. Rita

bibliography on the website only. Anderson will oversee the Meeting was adjourned at 8:20

Due to the cost in mailing and member goodie bags and items pm (Eastern). The Executive

the rise in first class mail fees, it donated for those. Gail will Director for the next Board

is very costly to send out the full receive registrations, payments meeting will be Antonella
bibliography. Donna will get and any pre-registration DeFalco. The next meeting will

approval from the Board to reach competition forms. Kay will be early March 2012 – date to

out to the membership to get receive any competition work be decided.

their thoughts on this. sent in by mail and donations for

In Memoriam

Maryann Hoffman, member of the NAQG and the South Jersey Quilling Group, passed away suddenly in
December, 2011. She will be missed.

Rita Anderson

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Combining Quilling With

Photography and Digital

Graphics Philippa Reid

Editor’s Note: Examples of discovered how to pull my own Sometimes, when I print the

Philippa’s work to illustrate her digital photographs into the photo backgrounds for my cards,

descriptions are on page 2. background shapes I had I reduce the opacity of the image
created. I can honestly say I to 60% or 70% so that the colors

When I first started quilling, I have never looked back! in it do not dominate the quilling.

struggled with finding/creating I also choose the color of my

suitable backgrounds for my For me, the combination of strips with care, so that the

work - especially when making quilling with photography offers quilled image will show up well

cards. I tried cutting shapes from limitless creative potential. against the background photo.

colored paper - squares and Firstly, you can use quilling to Quilling to echo
rectangles were OK, but I found complement a photograph

circles, stars and ovals were very through the addition of an I’m a firm believer that Nature

hard to cut out accurately. When appropriate foreground object, provides all the best color

it came to lettering - well, I spent perhaps by placing a quilled combinations and patterns!

hours trying to emboss messages butterfly on to a picture of a Often after I have photographed

using a stencil and a light box, flower, for example. The results a particular flower, I feel inspired

and then ink them over with very can be stunning! Secondly, you to try and ‘echo’ its beauty in my

mixed results. Peel-offs? Let’s can use quilling to echo an quilling, selecting appropriate
not go there - I’ve really tried to individual element in a picture, quilled shapes and colors to

love them, but I can’t! adding emphasis to that element imitate the flower’s center and

whilst helping to celebrate its the structure of its petals.

Then inspiration finally struck me beauty. Last - but by no means

- I would try printing colored least - quilling can be used to Quilling to embellish

backgrounds direct from my embellish and add interest to Abstract images can also provide

computer. (I cannot speak for plain or abstract graphical inspirational backgrounds for
Windows as I use an Apple iMac, backgrounds. I am going to give quilled embellishments. I love to

but the Mac Pages software you some examples of what I create photo montages for my

makes this process wonderfully mean. cards, using a combination of

easy. I have no doubt that different pictures, topped off with

similar results can be achieved Quilling to complement a complementary quilled motif or

with a PC as well.) I found I could After taking a photograph of a lily simple ‘flourish’ of quilled swirls.

create all kinds of shapes, color pond, I decided that it would I have recently started exploring
them in, put borders around make a lovely background for a the potential of Photoshop

them and center them quilled dragonfly. So I cropped Elements (an amazing software

effortlessly on to the front of the photo and ‘pulled’ it into a resource for producing digital

plain white cards. I could create rectangular shape on the graphics), which enables me to

greetings in a vast array of fonts, computer to fit the front of the utilize all manner of special

color the letters and move them card, taking care to leave an effects for printing. However, my

anywhere I wanted. And then - uncluttered section of water favorite abstract background has
the real breakthrough! I where my dragonfly would be.
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(Continued from page 5) the refracted light would fall on it, If you have access to a computer

to be a photo I once took of the and took a close-up picture with with a printer and suitable

colors of the rainbow, which I my camera. By scaling the software for handling photos and
actually captured in the unlikely picture up and down on the graphics, I would urge to you

location of my kitchen sink! computer, I have used it in many have a try at printing

When the sun rises, it shines different ways - and, of course, backgrounds and greetings for

through my kitchen window and with all the colors of the rainbow your quilled cards. I can

the light is refracted through a there, whatever color quilling guarantee that you will never

bottle of clear liquid on the sill, strips I choose are guaranteed to want to use peel-offs again!

casting a perfect rainbow into the match!
sink below. I placed a sheet of

white paper into the sink so that

Quilling and Photography:
An Extra Dimension

Philippa Reid

Editor’s Note: A photo of Susan “I love having remind-

Mara’s finished work is on page ers of trips around my

2. home, so I decided to
make a memento of

NAQG member Susan Mara my visit to Argentina

brought an extra dimension to during a cruise we took

the technique of combining around South America

quilling with photography with the in 2009”, she contin-

framed picture she brought to ues. “I just loved being

NAQGCON this year. so close to the pen-
guins, and was sur-

Susan quilled some penguins prised to see them on Susan Mara’s work showing layering.

and added them to a photograph rocky land, not snow.”

she had taken on a visit to Punta

Tombo in Argentina, cleverly lay- Selecting this picture because the photo, also cutting out little

ering the picture for added di- there was room in the composi- shadows for the penguins from

mensional effect. tion to add some quilled pen- my extra print.”

guins, Susan then made use of a
“My Mom, Ruth Wood, taught me quilling kit she had purchased to The result is a striking example of

how to quill, and she won many create some cute penguin figures how quilling and layering can be

awards for quilling and her other to add to her image. combined to add extra depth to

crafts”, says Susan. “One of an image. Another great idea to

these was making 3-D layered “To make the photo a little more try!

pictures, using multiple dupli- 3-D, I made another copy of it

cates of the same scene which and cut out seven of the pen-
she then cut out and layered.” guins and bushes”, she explains.

“I put a tight circle under each of

these cut-outs and glued them to

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Memorial Tribute to

Mary-Alice Kattwinkel

Donna Del Giudice

The NAQG recently lost a very Back row, left to right: Laura Olohan, Gerda Mooney, Kay Charles, Rita Anderson, Ev Rooney
valuable member. Mary-Alice Front row, left to right: Donna Del Giudice, Mary-Alice Kattwinkel, Diane Veni
Kattwinkel, the first President of
the NAQG, passed away on person, a true Lady with a great meet from NJ, CT, NY, and PA to
November 11, 2011. I liked to
think of Mary-Alice as the “heart” sense of humor. Her biggest talk, share, and laugh and start
of our Guild. She had a gift for
making everyone she met feel regret is that she did not have an the wonderful group of quillers
welcome and special. I asked opportunity to get to know Mary- who went on to form the North
some of our long-time members
if they had anything that they Alice better. American Quilling Guild. Mary
would like to say. I received
some beautiful words about her Alice was a sweet person, always
– here are a few:
Diane Veni feels that she’s Pat Caputo wrote a lovely tribute gracious and had a wonderful
become a better person knowing
Mary-Alice and learning how to for the NAQG Yahoo Group that sense of humor; I never heard
really live by her actions and
enthusiasm. Diane also sent gives a bit of background history her say a harsh word to or about
pictures (posted below) from the
2011 get-together at Rita – here is the text for those who anyone. One of my many fond
Anderson’s home. do not have online access. “I memories of her took place at
Sherry Rodehaver remembers
her as a warm and friendly have been thinking about Mary one of the early meetings that I

Mary-Alice’s Stage Photo Alice Kattwinkle since I learned hosted in Connecticut. After our

of her passing. I’ve known Mary meeting we all went to an Italian

Alice for a lot of years. She was restaurant here in Enfield for

the first to host a gathering of dinner. It wasn’t long before we

American quillers (later to were all joking with the other
become known as NAQGCON) in patrons, singing “Happy

June of 1994. Her home in New Birthday” (to people we had

Jersey is where we all came to (Continued on page 8)

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(Continued from page 7) many talents. Here are a few

never met) along with other tidbits taken from her obituary in

guests . . . then Mary Alice taught “The Record”, a local New Jersey
the entire group how to hang newspaper:

teaspoons from their noses. This

was long before smart phones, “Mary-Alice W. Kattwinkel was a

so we unfortunately did not get a granddaughter of the

picture. One of the saddest confectioner who gave the world

things about her passing is that candy corn, P.H Wunderle. A

so many of you never had a stage actress who sublet the
chance to meet and know her, Greenwich Village apartment of

she was a wonderful lady and Pernell Roberts while the young

she was truly a “lady” in every actor was in California filming the

sense of the word.” pilot for "Bonanza." The radio

voice of Mrs. Butterworth's

Our Website Director, Antonella pancake syrup. An expert in the Mary-Alice and her granddaughter

DeFalco, will be posting a tribute art of quilling, or paper filigree.

and photos on the NAQG site. Biltmore Hotel. They were
Check it out to see the pictures Her acting break came in 1958 married in Philadelphia on Dec.

from the very first AGM and the when she was cast as the 9, 1961.”

“after-party” at Mary-Alice’s gossipy biddy, Maud Dunlop, in

home. the national touring company I will end this tribute with another

production of "The Music Man," quote from “The Record”. “At the

If there is really anything that can starring Forrest Tucker, future funeral, a jar of candy corn

be said, I think her husband star of TV's "F Troop." "The Music rested on the casket and a classy
Walter said it best, "She was one Man" opened in San Francisco, lady received a final standing

classy lady; a source of sunshine where Mary-Alice and Walter had ovation.” A beautiful send off for

and laughter." their first date — dinner at a beautiful woman.

Fisherman's Wharf. Walter

Mary-Alice had a very interesting asked for Mary-Alice's hand

background and was a lady of under the clock at New York's

Hints & Tips Kate Jones

I want to pass along a little tip So, I tried very fine steel wool to might really appreciate this little
that I just discovered to other
quillers. Sometimes I wind up clean off the points. It actually tip. By the way, the steel wool
with little dried glue "blobs" on
the tips of my fine point works quite well and it polishes cleans dried glue off just about
tweezers, my quilling needle, or the tips too. any of your tools - even a
my scissors. These can build up
and I've generally just used my toothpick, your workboard, or
fingernails to remove them,
which isn't good for the nails, I was concerned that the steel your straight pins.
especially if you have soft nails
like me. wool might "shed" a little when

cleaning the tools. However, I

keep it either on a small tray or in

a baggie and I have never had
any problems with unwanted

residue.

If you are a steady quiller, you

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Flowers of the Floral

Tribute Helen Pierce

Editor’s Note: The photos of strips of white paper rolled into a

Cathy’s flower are on page 2. teardrop shape. Each petal

should measure 1 ¾" in length
This is #6 in the Floral Tribute by 7/8" wide, at the widest part

series. Featured here is Cathy of the teardrop. Fill in each petal

Liddy of Florida. Following she separately with the teardrop

tells about the flower that she shapes, which should all point

made. down towards the narrow part.

After the glue dries, carefully

Cathy wrote, "Plumerias are the bend the widest end of each
flowers that are used to make petal down a little to form a

leis in Hawaii. I used to live there natural looking petal. When they

when I worked as a flight are all completed, glue all 5 petal

attendant with Pan Am. I now tips together in the center. Allow

live in Florida and have grown six the glue to dry and then, after together into one long, wrapped

Plumeria trees in our backyard. adding a little water to a small wire stem.

The flowers have an incredible amount of yellow acrylic paint,

smell!!” color the center of the flower. To complete the arrangement, I
Allow the paint to dry and then wrapped the two long stems

Quoting from an unknown attach the flower to a long, together with floral tape,

source, she continued, “The wrapped wire stem. arranging the leaves

Plumeria rubra, also known as appropriately below the flower."

Frangipani and Aleli, is a shrub or For the leaves – Plumeria leaves

a small tree, 4 to 5 meters high, are quite large. I used two

having a milky juice. Cultivated different colors of green – about
in gardens on account of the 7 strips in all, 12" long. I

extremely fragrant flowers and wrapped them around each other

sometimes called the West in a large eccentric eye

Indian Red Jasmine, the name (marquise) shape. Then I added

‘Frangipani’ is supposed to have 4 more eye shapes, each made

been applied to this and other with 6" long strips and glued

species of Plumeria on account them inside the leaf to make it
of the resemblance to that of a fatter. The finished leaf

perfume compounded in the measured 5 ½" long. To make a

middle ages from a large number little stem, I took one 12" long

of ingredients by an Italian strip of green and wrapped it all

nobleman of that name." the way around the leaf with the

two ends extending down, which I

Instructions: then glued together, forming a
stem at the bottom. I made 3

For the flower – each petal (5 in large leaves, each with a short

all) has between 20-23, 3" long stem and then attached them

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NAQGCON 2012

Kay Charles

The 2012 NAQGCON will be stories with short stair flights [email protected]).

hosted by Kay Charles in between floors. There is only

Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on elevator access to the handicap ID Badges/Name Tags:
Friday, May 4 and Saturday, May rooms and to the Conference Attendees are requested to

5, 2012, at the Lancaster Host area from the Main Lobby, but no provide their own ID/nametag

Resort and Conference Center, elevator access for the non- (either pinned or worn around

2300 Lincoln Highway East (US handicap rooms. If you cannot the neck), decorated with

Rte. 30), Lancaster, PA 17602, do a few easy steps, be sure to quilling. We’ll have a nametag

phone: (717) 299-5500, or request a handicap room. There competition.

www.lancasterhost.com. The is a restaurant in the hotel and
hotel offers free shuttle service other restaurants within walking Please consider teaching a class

within a 5-mile radius of the distance of the hotel. and let me know as soon as

hotel, including to and from possible if you are interested, so

Lancaster Airport (LNS) via Cape Mailings and other changes for far I only have 3 teacher/classes.

Air and the Lancaster Train the 2012 NAQGCON are: Volunteers are also needed to

Station. give demos/share skills, and for

Conference Registrations, “Make-it/Take-its”. If you would

If you arrive via an international Payments and Competition like to volunteer, please contact
airport, you will need to arrange a Forms: send to Gail Freed, 6401 me as soon as possible at (717)

rental car or take the Amtrak Navajo Road, Westminster, CA 951-7671, or you can email Gail

train Keystone or Pennsylvanian 92683-2041 (email: Freed at [email protected].

line to Lancaster (Keystone is [email protected]).

faster). Lancaster Airport has I look forward to hearing from

one carrier connection, Cape Air, Competition Work Submitted By you soon.

out of Baltimore/Washington Mail: send to Kay Charles, 1721 Your hostess, Kay Charles (717)
International (BWI) Airport. Hidden Lane, Lancaster, PA

Philadelphia International Airport 17603, phone (717) 951-7671 951-7671.

is 70 miles east of Lancaster. (mark as “Competition Work”

Harrisburg International Airport is with included return postage). Editor’s Note: To reduce the

34 miles northwest of Lancaster. chances of members misplacing

If you are unable to contact me Raffle Item Donations: send to important NAQGCON

due to different time zones, feel Kay Charles and mark as “Raffle information, we have included all
free to email Donna Del Giudice Donation”. Any extra quilling of the information, except for the

([email protected]) for supplies, books, kits, products, competition and registration

assistance getting to Lancaster. etc., you can part with is most forms (which need to be sent in),

appreciated. on the following pages. All of the

Guest room rates for our information is also on the

members will be discounted at Donations/Items for Attendee website at www.naqg.org.

$99.00 plus tax, per night. This ‘Goody’ Bags: send to Rita
group rate will be extended three Anderson, 2422 Torrington Drive,

days pre and post contracted Toms River, NJ 08755-2556

event dates. The hotel has three (email:

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North American Quilling Guild Conference 2012

Hold on to these papers even if you are not planning to attend . . . read on . . .

The 2012 NAQGCON will be held May 4 and May 5, 2012 at the Lancaster Host Resort and Conference
Center, 2300 Lincoln Highway East (US Rte. 30), Lancaster, PA 17602, phone: (717) 299-5500 or
www.lancasterhost.com. The hotel offers free shuttle service within a 5-mile radius of the hotel, including
to and from Lancaster Airport (Cape Air) and Lancaster Train Station.

Car rental or Amtrak train travel will be necessary to get to Lancaster from international airports. Lancaster
Airport (LNS) can be reached by flying into Baltimore/Washington International Airport (BWI) and then
arranging a Cape Air shuttle flight to Lancaster Airport. Harrisburg International Airport (MDT) is
approximately 35 miles northwest of Lancaster and two miles from the Middletown Amtrak station where
you can take the Keystone Line to Lancaster.

Please note that this hotel has 3 stories with just a few steps between floors. There is elevator access only to
the handicap rooms and to the Conference area from the Main Lobby, but no elevators to the non-handicap
rooms. If you cannot do a few easy steps, be sure to request a handicap room.

If you plan to reserve a room at the conference hotel, reservations must be made no later than April 4,
2012. Guest room rates for our members will be discount-priced at $99.00 plus tax, per night. This group
rate will be extended three days pre and post contracted event dates. You should reserve your room early by
calling 1-717-299-5500 or toll free 1-800-233-0121, let them know you are attending the North American
Quilling Guild Conference to get the preferred rate. All conference events are held in the hotel (competition,
workshops/classes, and public viewing hours). There will be a storage room available on the conference
level Thursday afternoon and overnight for those bringing many items for display and vendors. (Any
cancellations should be made within 48 hours of your scheduled stay.)

In an effort to keep costs down, there are no meals included in the registration fee. There is a restaurant
located inside the hotel and several other restaurants outside the hotel that are within walking distance. If
anyone is interested in going as a group to a local Smorgasbord one evening, please notate it on your
registration form so that I can make arrangements.

This year I’m requesting that all attendees make and bring their own personalized ID nametags to wear,
decorated with quilling that best identifies you or your state/country. We will give awards for best
nametags.

The tentative schedule for the 2012 NAQGCON is as follows:

Thursday: Most people arrive, register, receive conference materials, greet old friends and make new
friends. A hospitality room will be available during the conference for quilling and socializing.

Friday: Will be a day of classes, as well as setting up for the competition, vendors, and personal displays.
Vendors will usually set up their booths so they are available Friday night and all day Saturday. Friday
evening we will vote on the competition work and possibly have the raffle.

Saturday: Includes classes (if needed); admiring everyone’s work; giving/attending demonstrations, as well
as greeting and teaching the public who come to see our work; and the announcement of the competition

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winners.

Class teachers are needed. As of this writing, I have three classes/teachers (The Stained Glass Look;
Braiding and Trim; and Adapting Frames for Quilling). Please indicate on the Registration form if you
would be interested in teaching a class. Also, please let me know if you are willing to be a greeter (to meet
the public), give a demo, share skills, or work on “Make-it/Take-its”. Thanks to the generosity of the
members who volunteer their services and expertise, we would like to be able to offer a variety of classes/
workshops. Vendors are also needed. Having an opportunity to see and purchase the latest products,
quilling books, kits, tools, and paper strips is a huge perk.

Any and all donations for a raffle and attendee’s “goody” bags will be greatly appreciated. If you would like
to donate items for the raffle, please send them to Kay Charles; 1721 Hidden Lane; Lancaster, PA 17603
(717) 951-7671 and please mark the items so I know which are for the raffle and which items are for the
competition. Items donated for attendee’s “goody” bags, please send to: Rita Anderson; 2422 Torrington
Drive; Toms River, NJ 08755 (732) 886-0867, email: [email protected].

Please remember to pack your own quilling tools, glue, scissor, etc. (they can travel in your checked
luggage) and extra paper to try out all of the new things you will see and learn. I am waiting to hear from
you and can be reached at (717) 951-7671 with any questions, or you may also contact the NAQGCON
Director, Gail Freed: [email protected].

Kay Charles, 2012 NAQGCON Hostess

Getting to Lancaster: Car or Train from International Airports

Lancaster is located about 34 miles (55 km) southeast of Harrisburg International Airport, 70 miles (110
km) west of Philadelphia International Airport, 55 miles (89 km) north-northeast of Baltimore/Washington
International Airport.

Presently, the only commercial airline for Lancaster Airport (LNS) is Cape Air, offering five round trips
daily to all Legacy carriers at the Baltimore/Washington Airport. Lancaster Airport is located about 6
miles north of the city of Lancaster, PA, at the intersection of Route 501/Lititz Pike and Airport Road,
with easy access to and from Route 30, Route 283 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

Amtrak's 195-mile (314 km) Keystone Service provides frequent passenger train service along the Amtrak
-owned Keystone Corridor and Northeast Corridor (NEC) between the Harrisburg Transportation Center
in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania Station in New York via 30th Street Station in Philadelphia.

The Pennsylvanian is a 444-mile (715 km) daytime Amtrak train running between New York and
Pittsburgh via Philadelphia. The trains travel through Pennsylvania's capital, the Pennsylvania Dutch
Country, suburban and central Philadelphia, and pass through New Jersey up to New York. Trains run
once daily in each direction. The entire train ride takes about 9 hours total, with 1.5 hours between New
York and Philadelphia, 2 hours between Philadelphia and Harrisburg, and 5.5 hours between Harrisburg
and Pittsburgh.

On weekdays there are thirteen Keystone trains and one Pennsylvanian train in each direction. All trains
run between Harrisburg and Philadelphia, though only nine of the Keystone trains plus the Pennsylvanian
operate along the segment between Philadelphia and New York. There are eight round-trip trains on both
Saturdays and Sundays. Seven of the Saturday and Sunday trains, including the Pennsylvanian, make the
full trip between Harrisburg and New York.

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Tips for Fun in Lancaster

Shoppers: Two outlet malls down the street from Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum
the hotel: Lancaster, PA
Rockvale Outlets Lancaster Largest Pennsylvania Dutch Living History Farm &
Route 30 Lancaster (717) 293-9595 Village.
(717) 569-0401
Tanger Outlet Center
Route 30 Lancaster (717) 392-7260 Visit Strasburg; a very short scenic ride from the
hotel – Train-town USA!
Many local shops, crafts, markets, etc. Two that Strasburg Rail Road
are recommended: Ronks (Strasburg), PA
Bird-in-Hand Farmers Market Fun train ride through Amish Country.
Bird-in-Hand (717) 687-7522
Mouth-watering aromas and tastes by 30 local
vendors. National Toy Train Museum
(717) 393-9674 Strasburg, PA
Extensive display of toy trains from the 1800's to
Kitchen Kettle Village today.
Intercourse, PA (717) 687-8976
Village of 42 country shops and restaurants.
(717) 768-8261 Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania
Strasburg, PA
Family fun, especially for the kids: Discover the history of Pennsylvania's railroad
Choo Choo Barn - Traintown U.S.A. industry.
Strasburg, PA (717) 687-8628
(717) 687-7911
Other local attractions just a short ride away:
Dutch Wonderland Family Amusement Park Julius Sturgis Pretzel Bakery
2249 Lincoln Highway East, Lancaster, PA Lititz, PA
Over 30 rides, water-play area, games, food and Come twist your own pretzel!
more! (717) 626-4354
(717) 291-1888
Wilbur Chocolate Factory Store
For history buffs: Lititz, PA
Amish Farm and House (717) 626-3249
Lancaster, PA
Charming Pennsylvania Dutch farm in operation. Mount Hope Estate & Winery
(717) 394-6185 Manheim, PA
A private estate turned time machine, festival and
Amish Village theatrical powerhouse offering year-round
Ronks, PA entertainment.
Today's Amish lifestyle with a guided farmhouse (717) 665-7021
tour.
(717) 687-8511 National Christmas Center Family Attraction &
Museum
Old Order Amish Tours Paradise, PA
Ronks, PA Amazing life-sized exhibits celebrating the traditions
Tours are authentic, private, non-commercial and are of the holiday.
respectful to our Amish friends. (717) 442-7950
(717) 299-6535
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North American Quilling Guild Conference (NAQGCON)

Competition General Rules & Guidelines 2012

NAQG members are encouraged to participate in the NAQGCON competition, whether or not you are able
to attend in person. Entering the competition automatically grants permission for work to be photographed
and photos used by the NAQG.

There are six competition categories, five of the categories have three skill levels: Beginner’s level
(quilling for less than 2 years); Intermediate level (quilling for more than 2 years, but less than 5 years);
and Accomplished level (quilling for more than 5 years). NAQG members may enter as many categories as
they wish, but may only enter one work/project per category. Please be optimistic about the number of
categories you enter; there is no penalty for pre-registering in a category and not entering work in that
category.

First place winners of the previous years’ NAQGCON will not be eligible to enter work in the category and/
or the level in which they won first place, however, they may enter work in that category in a higher level
and they may enter all other categories (this rule does not apply to the People’s Choice Award). All entries
must have been created within the last year.

If there are an insufficient number of entries in a given category to have a competition, those entries may be
moved to a higher level.

Competition entries are voted upon anonymously, please remember that any competition work with visible
names, initials, or other identification is not permitted and must be covered before entry.

If you are attending and entering the competition, please send in your NAQGCON Competition
Registration form at the same time when you send in your NAQGCON Registration form, before the April
1, 2012 deadline date.

If you are unable to attend the NAQGCON you may still submit your work for competition, it will be
displayed and shipped back to you. Please pre-register for the competition, this will allow the NAQGCON
committee to better determine space requirements needed for displaying competition work. Return postage
for your work must be included in the parcel or pre-arranged. Be sure to pack your work carefully with
the proper packing materials and enclosed photos of your work would be helpful to include as a display
reference. Entries from Overseas - VERY IMPORTANT! When posting competition entries from outside
the USA, please write clearly on the parcel/customs form the following words: “TEMPORARY IMPORT”,
this will avoid being charged customs duty, both in the USA and in your country. (Please consider the
difficulty and postal cost differences of shipping oversize parcels International Mail.)

Categories

Quilled Cards

1. Must have/follow A Summer Backyard Scene theme. Card size CANNOT EXCEED 6” x 9”.

Must be made from quilled paper strips, card and glue ONLY…(NO WRITTEN, PRINTED WORDS,
AND NUMBERS, ETC.)

Free Standing Quilling
Must be made from quilled paper strips, card and glue ONLY. Must be completely self-supporting.

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Framed Quilling

1. Must be made from quilled paper strips, glue, and backing/matting ONLY…(NO BEADS, WIRE,

AND PINS, ETC.)
Total size CANNOT EXCEED 30” (76.2cm) on any one side. The frame itself may be made of any
material.

Miniature Quilling

1. Total size, including any display materials, CANNOT EXCEED 4” x 4” x 4”.

Entries may be single stand-alone, or a group of piece(s), so long as the size restrictions are met.

Quilling and Beyond
Quilling attached to or adorned with other materials, the majority of the piece must be quilling.

Quilled Jewelry
Entries may be either a single piece or a set (a set is considered as one entry).

People’s Choice Award – all work entered into the competition is eligible for this award.

Selection of Winners/Awards

Winners are chosen by NAQG members in attendance at the NAQGCON that will vote on work submitted
in each category and level. The People’s Choice Award is also voted upon by NAQG members and
NAQGCON attendees.

If you cannot bring your competition work with you, or you are not attending,

Mail Competition Entries to:
2012 NAQGCON
Kay Charles

1721 Hidden Lane; Lancaster, PA 17603 USA
Phone: (717) 951-7671

Any questions? Contact Kay, or email Gail Freed: [email protected]

Revised: 12/2011

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Yvonne Pineiro

(above and left): Alise Rittershaus

(below and right): Christine Adamson
Photos: Samantha Stephens

Historical quilled piece by Miss Sarah Pickman.

Philippa Reid’s pin brooch and Hampshire WI certificate.

(above): Sandy Diaz’s contribution to a non-competitive quilling blog hop with the
theme “leaves”. The blog hop had 22 participants with all continents

represented; more photos of the work can be seen here: http://
sweetspotcards.blogspot.com/2011/11/sweet-leaves.html

More vortex coil flowers from Licia Politis.
(follow-up to the article on vortex coils in the Summer, 2011 Quill America)

Some of the quilled dolls from Amna Al Fardh’s world-record attempt.

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Victory for Quilling!

Philippa Reid

Editor’s Note: A photo of Philippa decided to go for broke and

Reid’s pin brooch and Hampshire submitted three quilled items: a

WI certificate is on page 17. pendant, a pin brooch and a pair
of earrings, all created using

Here in the UK, we have an metallic-edged strips. To my

organization for women called delight, the pin brooch was

the Women’s Institute (WI), which selected to represent Hampshire

currently has over 6,000 local in the finals alongside three

branches nationwide. The WI other winning items, with the

actively encourages women to judges describing my entry as
learn new skills and take part in “stunning” and “exquisite”. They

a wide range of creative were definitely impressed!

activities, so as a member I am

always on the look-out for Obviously, I was very pleased

opportunities to promote the art about this on a personal level.

of quilling. However, I also regard it as a

particular achievement for

In the south of England where I quilling itself as my quilled pin
live, the WI organizes an inter- brooch had been judged
counties craft competition every alongside items made from The four entries chosen to represent
two years. Individual entries are beading, silversmithing and other Hampshire in the 2011 WI Inter-Counties

Craft Competition, with Philippa Reid’s
quilled pin brooch in the center.

first submitted for scrutiny by more widely known craft

judges at county level, with techniques. In the past, I have assembling the pieces, I

selected items then being put been saddened to see quilling mounted the design on a brooch

forward to represent the county marked down by WI judges in pin with super glue.
in the competition finals. similar competitions, as they

doubted the durability of items In a write-up, which appeared in

In 2009, the theme for the made of paper. To try and pre- the Hampshire County WI

competition was to make ‘a empt this, I included a note with magazine, one of the competition

needlecase in any medium’. I my quilled pieces explaining how judges said: “Philippa Reid

submitted a little fold-over I coat them with PVA glue and stunned us with her quilled pin.

needlecase which I had hand- spray varnish to make them Who could believe rolled paper
woven using gold paper and strong and waterproof. It seems could be used in this way?” I

decorated with quilling. It didn’t to have paid off! really felt that I had brought the

go through to the next round, but art of quilling into the spotlight.

received a very respectable score I created my pin brooch by

of 17 out of 20, which I was told winding 3mm gold-edged black In September, my quilled pin

came very close! So, when the strips together with plain black went forward with two beaded

2011 competition came round, I crimped strips to make teardrops items and a silver brooch to
was determined to try again. and marquises. The center is a represent Hampshire in the inter-

plain black solid coil with gold- counties competition - and,

This year, the theme was ‘a piece edged black around it, topped off together, they received the

of jewelry in any medium’. I with a classic folded rose. After (Continued on page 19)

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(Continued from page 18) hundreds of WI members in Afterwards, I offered to put my

highest score! So Hampshire attendance. A huge cheer went pin brooch forward as a prize in a

became the overall winner, and up from my colleagues in our fund-raising raffle for the WI - but
in October I attended the Autumn local WI branch when my name our branch president refused,

Council Meeting of the was announced. Above the stage insisting that she wants to put it

Hampshire County Federation of there was an overhead projection on permanent display in our

Women’s Institutes where our screen where the names of the meeting hall. Well, that’s an

work was on display and we all four Hampshire winners were honor indeed! Also, I now have a

received certificates in honor of displayed. Alongside the names confirmed booking to give a

our achievements. was a single photograph of one demonstration of quilling to a
of the entries ... and I’m very neighboring WI branch, which I

The meeting was held at a proud to say that it was mine! hope may be the first of many.

theater in our local town of So it’s victory for quilling all

Basingstoke, with many round!

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Hershey Farm Restaurant & Inn
Ronks, PA (717) 687-8635

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New Members Caroline Spellman

A warm welcome to our newest members!

MC Avezou Aigues-Mortes, FRANCE We apologize in advance for any omissions or
misspellings. Please email [email protected]
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you have moved, please let Rita Anderson know of
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News From the United

Kingdom Philippa Reid

Editor’s Note: Photos of creations From the moment the doors Among them were three quillers

from the Display of Work are on opened at 9:30 a. m., the who are also members of the

page 1. atmosphere was electric as old North American Quilling Guild:
friends greeted one another and Elaine Altemose, Dilly Aspland

Picture the scene: I am standing ‘newbies’ like me had the long- and Farah Al Fardh. It is fair to

right next to the Masters category awaited chance to put faces to say that the superb quality of the

table in the competition room at names that have become so framed pieces on this table took

The Quilling Guild’s annual familiar on the Internet. everyone’s breath away.

Display of Work for 2011 when

my smartphone rings. It’s an e- Those of us who had brought First on the agenda for the day
mail, from Licia Politis in competition entries went along to was the Annual General Meeting,

Australia, enquiring whether I a separate room in order to immediately followed by voting

had managed to attend the event display them ready for voting. As for the quilled pieces in the

and how her entry to the Masters fabulous pieces of quilling competition room. With such a

competition had fared. quickly filled up the tables in the wealth of quilling talent on

competition room, it made me display, choosing a winner in

She had in fact won first prize ... realize just what a very special each competition category was

and I was able to e-mail right occasion this event was going to challenging in the extreme!
back and share the news with be. As quillers, many of us

her there and then! practice our art in virtual isolation After casting our votes, we all

for much of the year - and yet enjoyed the opportunity of

My excitement at that moment here was a veritable feast of mingling with fellow quillers over

was matched only by Licia’s quilled creations being laid out a relaxing lunch, browsing the

delighted response to the news before our eyes! trade stalls and watching

of her win. From my point of demonstrations given by Guild
view, this incident set the tone Spectacular displays of quilling members. The hall was opened

for the whole event, which were also on view in the main to the public at this point, and it

proved to be an absolute joy from hall and the school gymnasium, was great to see beginners and

beginning to end. where regional groups were non-quillers alike being inspired

showing the breadth of their to sit down at the demo tables

The first day of this weekend-long collective talent. There were for a hands-on quilling

extravaganza of quilling was traders in attendance too, opportunity.
staged at a school in the tempting us with an enticing

picturesque village of Ixworth in array of quilling strips, card- The competition room had

the eastern English county of making materials and tools. remained closed while the votes

Suffolk. The school had in fact, were being counted, so the re-

formerly been attended by the A particular attraction in the main opening of its doors was greeted

well-known quilling author and hall was a table where the work with an eager air of expectation.

journalist Elizabeth Moad who of four newly-accredited quillers Trophies and place cards had
helped to organize this year’s was on display, following their been carefully laid out on each of

event. recent success in The Quilling the competition category tables,

Guild’s Accreditation Scheme. (Continued on page 23)

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(Continued from page 22) truly unforgettable quilling slotted needle tools to twist the

and I was delighted to discover weekend. It's not often that you loops of huskings that they had

that I had achieved first place in get the chance to quill alongside made!
the Quilling Plus competition, and real experts like Jane Jenkins,

third in the Never Placed Diane Boden Crane and I think the most wonderful thing

category. It was then that Licia’s Elizabeth Moad - but that's about this event was that we all

e-mail arrived, heralding a further exactly what we got to do the felt so connected as quillers at

flurry of excitement as I shared following morning at the start of every level - beginners and

the news of her well-deserved a brilliant Shared Skills Day. experts alike. It’s so comforting

success on the Masters table. to know that even the most
Another NAQG member, Naomi This was a wonderfully informal accomplished quillers sometimes

Nakata, had also achieved first event, staged in a well-equipped lose control of their coils, drop

place in the Quilling In A Frame hall where we sat around tables tiny quillings and succumb to the

category. And then ... it was in groups of five or six, sharing temptation of rushing ahead with

announced that I had been techniques and learning from a project too soon before their

awarded the Rose Bowl for my one another. Every so often, the glue is completely dry!

‘Spiral Starburst’ quilling that I call would go out that someone

had placed on the general was about to demonstrate a I laughed, I learned and was
display table. This beautiful particular method of quilling, and inspired! And I just can’t wait to

trophy is awarded for “an we would all gather round to do it all again next year!

interesting and unusual piece of watch and learn.

quilling”, and it is almost

impossible for me to describe I was asked to demonstrate

how honored I felt to receive it! making the ‘twisted wheatears’

that I had used in my winning
Well, that was the end of Day ‘Spiral Starburst’ design, and

One ... but there was plenty more before I knew it everyone

enjoyment still to come on this seemed to be grabbing their

Historical Quilling
Alise Rittershaus

Editor’s Note: Photos of the where she made this piece. and talent. If anyone is visiting

historical piece, as well as Alise’s the Salem, Massachusetts area,

quilling, are on page 16. I was excited to visit the museum please take the time to visit this
to view the piece. I really don’t piece at the museum. It is not

While doing research for a know what I was expecting, but I always on display due to its

project on quilling for school, I was taken back at how elaborate fragileness so call ahead and you

discovered a quilled piece from and beautiful the quillwork was. can make an appointment for a

1738 was housed at my local It is a shadow box and the design private viewing.

museum. The Peabody Essex is a vase of flowers. The

Museum in Salem, quillwork was impeccable and so I began quilling seven years ago,
Massachusetts has in its detailed. Miss Pickman in the fifth grade. I have won

collection a quillwork sconce by surrounded her quilling with several blue ribbons at my local

Miss Sarah Pickman. The moss, wire, seashells and mica agricultural fair for my quilling

daughter of Benjamin and Abigail chips. The mica chips were used work and it is a hobby I really

Pickman, Sarah was born on to catch the light from a candle enjoy.

December 1, 1718 in Salem. stick originally attached to the

She was educated in Salem, but bottom edge of the frame. I was

went to finishing school in Boston so impressed by her creativity

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Tips, Tricks, Techniques

and Trees Yvonne Pineiro

Editor’s Note: A photo of smooth surface to unwind

Yvonne’s Christmas tree design naturally and glue the end.

using this technique is on page
16. • Because the end was curled

The biggest challenge in creating prior to completing the rolling

beautifully quilled designs is process, the end result is a

managing the consistency in the perfect circle that holds its shape

size and shape of the individual even before it has been glued.
All the rings appear neatly and
pieces. When I first began
quilling I bought all the tools, consistently spaced in the center.

including a board and ruler with simple technique. Give it a try • As you get used to and practice
open holes as aides to create and I promise you that it won’t the technique you will be able to
‘perfect’ circles. While these disappoint!
create perfect circles in any size
tools are excellent and were a desired. The tighter the curl, the
great help in getting me started, I Perfect Circles: smaller the circle. The looser the
found that I was still not able to curl, the larger the circle.

achieve the consistency I wanted • Roll a strip (any width) as you
in my pieces. Each time I
normally do but leave an unrolled
removed one of the circles from length of approximately 2 ½ to 3
the hole(s) to seal the end with inches at the end.
glue, it would unravel a little, or

at times, a lot. This resulted in • Keep the roll on the tool
good circles but they were all in holding it firmly so it does not slip
varying sizes. I found that the
more I handled each piece the off the tool. Using your fingers,
more the size changed. curl the remaining end just like
you would curl ribbon for a gift.

After much frustration and Some people use closed scissors
practice I discovered that a or a pen, etc., to get the desired
commonly used trick for curling curl but I find that your fingers or
nails work the best.
ribbon in gift wrapping was just
what I needed to insure my
pieces were created consistently • Remember that when you curl
it with your fingers, you must curl
in the same size. It was so it in the same direction of the

simple I couldn’t believe it and it roll. Once the end is curled,
made the whole difference in the finish rolling it to the end.
quality of my work thereafter.

Below are instructions for this • Now you can safely release it
from the tool and place in it on a

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Reprinted with
permission from The
York Weekly. Photos

of Christine’s work
are on page 16.

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The Art of Quilling Takes

Center Stage for the UAE’s

National Day Philippa Reid

Amna Al Fardh, the NAQG’s
representative in the United Arab
Emirates (UAE), succeeded in
achieving royal patronage for the
high-profile exhibition of quilling
that she staged in November
2011 - the first of its kind ever to
be organized in Arabia and the
Middle East.

The exhibition, held at the

Ministry of Youth, Culture and

Community Development’s

Center in Umm Al Quwain with

support from the Abu Dhabi

Music and Arts Foundation, was

opened by His Highness Sheikh

Rashid Bin Saud al Mualla, the Amna Al Fardh receives a certificate from His Highness Sheikh Rashid Bin Saud al Mualla,
Crown Prince of Umm Al Quwain,
as part of the UAE’s 40th Crown Prince of Umm Al Quwain on the opening day of her quilling exhibition, watched by the
National Day celebrations.
manager of the Ministry of Youth, Culture and Community Development Center where it was
staged.

Day in style and also in an artistic celebrations of our 40th National

75 quillers from around the world way.” Day.”

took part in the exhibition,

including NAQG members Amna first drew royal attention to Arranging for a member of the
Roxann Dragula and Olive Moore, the art of quilling in 2009, after Royal Family to attend the

both of whom submitted quilled she had conducted a series of exhibition was a challenge for

flowers. A total of 150 pieces of beginners’ workshops for 100 Amna, since they were all heavily

quilling art were put on display, local children. “I met Her involved with official ceremonies

and were viewed by an estimated Highness the Sheika (mother of and events. Her persistence paid

2000 visitors over a three-day the Crown Prince) at a display of off, however, and after

period. work that I staged for the contacting the royal court for an
workshop participants”, she appointment on numerous

“I wanted to raise public explains. “She was very occasions, she was delighted to

awareness of the art of quilling in impressed and took a great receive an acceptance from the

our region, giving artists the interest in the techniques behind Crown Prince himself. “His

opportunity to participate in a the pieces. Then, the following acceptance was a total surprise

high-profile exhibition”, says year, I met both the Ruler and since, up until then, he had not

Amna. “Organizing the event was the Crown Prince who were very attended any events except
a personal initiative of mine, to supportive of my plans to stage official ones at government

help celebrate our 40th National an exhibition during this year’s (Continued on page 29)

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Notes From the Archivist

Donna Del Giudice
Archivist

If you read the Board Meeting BOOKS: copy of the article via interlibrary

Minutes in this issue, you will There is a new book available loan. Most libraries are very

notice that I mention the from our friends in Japan. The happy to do this service for their
possibility that we may title is “Botanical Quilling 2011” patrons. If your town library is

discontinue sending out the full and it is by the members of the very small and not “computer

copy of the bibliography to our Japanese Quilling Guild. If you equipped”, then they can call the

new members. It has grown so are interested in obtaining a copy county (or the closest city) library

much and the cost to print and of this lovely book, please reach to request the article through

mail has gone up (plus, we are out to Motoko (Maggie) Nakatani interlibrary loan. If you are

looking at another postal (FYI - there are no patterns; it coming to a dead-end in trying to
increase next year). If we contains photos only – all text is locate a specific article or book,

continue mailing the hard copy, in Japanese). It would be a gem please feel free to contact me

there is a possibility that for your quilling book collection. and I’ll see what I can do for you.

membership costs could

increase. The full bibliography is ARTICLES: (special thanks to Please remember if you have an

now available on our website and Caroline Mach for this update on article or are in the planning

can be printed from there from UK quilling articles) stages of doing an article

those who would like a hard copy Boden, Diane, “Petal Frills”, (magazine or newspaper), please
– this was not an option when we Crafts Beautiful (UK), Issue let us know (e-mail:

started. 234, Nov. 2011, pgs 36-37 & [email protected] or write

105 Donna Del Giudice at 11 Orchard

I will be bringing this up to the Rowland, Nild, “Paper Perfect”, Street, Verona, NJ 07044 –

full Board at a future meeting for Crafts Beautiful (UK), Issue please put “NAQG” in the subject

a decision, but would first like to 234, Nov. 2011, pgs 39-40 & line). If we know in advance, it

hear from the members about 105 gives us the chance to inform our
this. How do you feel about new Anonymous, “Pudding Club”, quillers and to keep an eye out

members not receiving the full Crafts Beautiful (UK), Issue for the publication before it goes

bibliography with their new 233, Christmas Special off the shelf! The NAQG will

member packages? Is it 2011, pgs 54-55 gladly reimburse costs for

something that you refer to – or, Wood, Dorothy, “Quilling Made copying and shipping to keep the

better yet, do you know where Easy”, Quick Cards (UK), archives up-to-date.

your copy is? Would you prefer Issue 92, Oct. 2011, pgs 24-
to access it via the website? 28

Please let me know your Anonymous, “Quilled Christmas

thoughts, you can contact me at Tree” & “Quilled Merry

[email protected] or you can Christmas”, Cards & Crafts

write to me Donna Del Giudice, for Christmas (UK), Vol 5,

11 Orchard Street, Verona, NJ 2011, pgs 79-80

07044. I look forward to hearing
from you. If you can’t locate any of the

“finds” in your local craft stores,

Some recent “finds” are as remember to use your town

follows: library – if they don’t have that

magazine, then ask them to get a

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Meet Reports

We're always up to something coffee and lunch, and simply

here in Victoria. We recently had quilled all day long!

our first ever all day "blitz". It was
held locally, we brought our own There were 24 quillers; Heidi

Bishop from WA came up for

the event, and taught us a

lovely three-quarter poinsettia -

see photo on page 31. Our

theme was Christmas - baubles,

angels, trees, poinsettias, Jay Prazma demonstrating
etc. Joan Rombough made a

great presentation of how to set think they went home with their

up quilling on cards (cutting, heads full of quilling projects for

stencilling, framing etc.). Joan Christmas!

(left to right): Audrey Boyce, Jean Fontaine, is wonderful at this. There were
Amy Fontaine; The Snowbirds From Manitoba
eight beginners present, and I Jean Smith

On the 15th of October the Long clock (see photo on page 31). Kay Davis
Island Quillers held their 8th Sue Dresch demonstrated the
Annual Workshop. It started with sponging process for the
a delicious catered lunch. We background of the clock. There
worked on one big project for the were all kinds of tools available
afternoon. Each of us received a for use. Everyone received a door
prize; one of them was a basket
with quilling supplies that was
valued at $50.00. Sue Dresch
won the large basket.

We all had a wonderful time. We
meet once a month and if you
would like to join us please call
631-331-3773 for dates.

The Japan Quilling Guild had its As you know Japan had very

first exhibition at Iidabashi, Tokyo serious problems with the big

from Oct. 18-22. earthquake that happened on
March 11, so we decide to raise

This was our 5th anniversary some money to donate to the

exhibition. Some of the NAQG Red Cross in Japan. We sold

members in Japan displayed charity cards, kits and papers.

quilled works.

We could see lots of smiles at the

Over 400 people came and exhibition. It was a big success.
enjoyed.
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Adventures in Quilling quilling bug. At one retreat, and plant (see photo on page

Who says rolling up strips of Evangeline taught the basics and 31). At center stage is a playful
paper has to be boring? The
Edmonton Quirky Quillers’ Guild the nuns often came back for cat holding down a little mouse
finds fun in variety. more paper or books. One day, it by its tail so that it can’t escape

Our instructor, Evangeline Enns, was mentioned what an addictive into the mouse hole just inches
who has been quilling for 26
years, vividly remembers an craft it was and without missing a away.
interesting misunderstanding. At
one of her craft displays she was beat, one of the nuns
approached by a Native
gentleman who was very upset immediately replied, “We’ve Jane Warren laughs when she
that there was a display of
quilling. He, of course, thought it already started a 12 step shares that her beautiful
was work done with porcupine
quills, a protected craft, when it program.” birdhouse (see photo on page
was paper quilling. Much sharing 31) is probably the most well
of ideas and laughter followed.
Humour was also found in our travelled structure. It started its
Even the nuns can’t escape the
2010 Sampler when it was life in Edmonton, added a wall or

noticed that Evangeline’s dainty two in Thailand, another in

fire-breathing dragon seemed to Arizona, and flew to its final glory

be about to eat Jean Sawatzky’s back in Edmonton.

innocent little frog (see photo on

page 31). Quilling definitely does not have
to be boring!

Not to be outdone by her Quirky

friends, Diann Marta created a Diann Marta

diorama complete with mirror Quirky Quiller

(Continued from page 26) ensuring a high degree of media part of a world record attempt -
coverage for the stunning array each one taking around three
level”, says Amna. “Despite of quilled pieces on show. A hours to complete (see page 17
having prior engagements, he series of videos, now available for a photo of some of the dolls).
graced the exhibition by online on Amna’s YouTube So, to say that Amna has been
performing the opening channel (http:// working tirelessly to promote
ceremony and also handed over www.youtube.com/user/ quilling is something of an
certificates to all the exhibitors Alfardh#p/u/1/6tXHusZugck), understatement - she is clearly a
who attended. His royal provides a tantalizing glimpse of great ambassador for our art!
patronage was simply because the exhibits for those of us who
he wished to support me in my could not attend to see.
initiative, which I appreciate very
highly indeed.” Among the exhibits was a display
of more than 1000 quilled dolls,
The Crown Prince’s involvement which Amna has been making as
raised the profile of the event,

(Continued from page 28)

We’d like to say thank you to all
who gave us prayers. We are not
the same as before the terrible
earthquake. But we keep rolling
paper strips.

Motoko Maggie Nakatani
NAQG Japan Rep

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Botanical Quilling

Motoko Maggie Nakatani

I am very happy to report that we

had the 3rd Botanical Quilling The answer is very easy. We have

exhibition from July 7 - 10 in four seasons and a huge amount
Tokyo, Japan. of flowers and plants to love

everywhere. I like to express

Botanical quilling is a new field of them with paper like magic!

quilling that we started four years

ago. My friend Mr.Kikkawa and I You know it’s very exciting to see

were chatting about my quilling the color and width variety of

classes and I told him how the paper strips and think what can
students enjoy it and some of be made using them.

them would like to teach and

have classes in the near future. That challenge is very fun and

He was very interested in quilling the certified instructors can

and supporting housewives in share ideas, and encourage each

starting new things. Now he is other in trying new projects.

managing the Botanical Quilling exhibition this year. But we need

certification systems and the The first year there were ten ordinary life and to smile! We
members, and now there are also sold some handmade things

over 50 members in the group as and cards to raise money to

instructors. Some of them are donate to the Red Cross.

members of the NAQG. It is not

easy to be an instructor, people Last year we published our first

who want to be have to submit book, Botanical Quilling, that has

work and pass some exams. For a lot of pictures without
example, they have to master all instructions. We are planning to

of the basic shapes and some of publish a second book in

group. I am the chief instructor, the more difficult techniques and October.

have made the instructions and the final exam to be an instructor

bring the students up to be is to make an original framed I think you will enjoy our

instructors. quilled work with more than ten Botanical Quilling though all text

types of shapes. Of course, the is Japanese: http://bqjapan.com
Why Botanical Quilling? theme must be “botanical”.

During four days, over 800
people came to see our projects.
We displayed 75 projects,
including framed quilling, free
standing quilling and 3D quilling.

As you know, we had a big
earthquake on March 11 in the
northeast of Japan, so I thought
we might not able to have an

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Clocks by Members of the Long Island Quillers Evangeline Enns (dragon) and Jean Sawatzky (frog)
Heidi Bishop Jane Warren
Diann Marta

(above, left, right):
Photos from the first
quilling exhibition held
in the Arab world. The
exhibition was held on
June 18, 2011 at the
Talal Abu Ghazaleh
Knowledge Society in
Jordan. It featured
seven quillng artists
(from Jordan, Iraq and
the United Arab
Emirates), including
NAQG member Farah
Al-Fardh of the United
Arab Emirates.

Vortex Coil Sampler by Licia
Politis.

(follow-up to the article on
vortex coils in the Summer,

2011 Quill America)